No easy answers for ag secretary
Alan Guebert poses the question, what do you do if you're the new secretary of agriculture, and provides some insight.
A monopoly in the flour industry?
The deal, which joins two of the top three flour millers in the nation, marries ConAgra Mill’s 21 mills with the 20 operated by Horizon Milling, an existing joint venture between Cargill and CHS.
SNAP should be embraced by ag
Two of the greatest ironies of living in the richest, strongest nation in the history of the world are how many poor people remain...
Going green is about getting green
Customers are demanding greener products, so Tyson and other major food companies are answering. What's going to happen to smaller operations who are not?
US Capitol invasion hits hard
Alan Guebert shares his thoughts on the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol, reflecting on the actions of those involved.
Farm and Food File: It’s a real bonfire of the boneheads
Earlier in the week, USDA acknowledged its role in stacking the deck to favor Big Ag's new poodle, U.S Farmers & Rancher's Alliance.
Looks like it, but it’s not 2009
While 2021 is not 2009, it's easy to see how some Americans — and, in fact, many farmers and ranchers — might get confused.
Reagan planted today’s ag seeds
Columnist Alan Guebert says some of the more progressive farm programs of the last 25 years came into being under Ronald Reagan.
USDA needs to find answers to carbon sequestration questions
Farm-directed carbon storage has been a tough sell because of two big unknowns — does it cost or does it pay and is carbon sequestration even possible.
‘Herd immunity’ comes at a cost
Alan Guebert contemplates herd immunity and the reality of what it would take to develop herd immunity to COVID-19.
